Chapter Thirty-Eight: Two Hours

Half a time later, the displaced people in the North City began to come out one after another, Lao Jin and women and children walked in front, most of them carried rice bags on their backs, under the watchful eyes of more than 10,000 soldiers, they trembled out of the North City, and dozens of Luoyang County officials took them in the direction of the east gate.

Yang Yuanqing rode on a high-headed horse, and watched expressionlessly as a group of homeless people walked out of Beishi, helping the old and the young to go east, but he found that these homeless people really didn't bring out anything else except food, which made him have to admire Zhai Rang's prestige, in such a short period of time, he could make hundreds of thousands of homeless people listen to his opinions, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

"General, is there anything to do with me?" Yang Dalang stepped forward and asked.

Yang Yuanqing leaned sideways and whispered a few words to him, Yang Dalang nodded, "I understand!" ”

He took a few of his brothers and quickly left, disappearing into the darkness.

Several soldiers hurriedly stepped forward with Jingzhao Shaoyin Cui Bosu and Luoyang County Commander Wang Shunzhi, bowed down and saluted: "See General Yang!" ”

"Two envoys, I'm really sorry that I want you to come so late!"

Cui Bosu and Wang Shunzhi's faces showed shame, originally the rebellion in Beishi was their white spoon's business, but now that the matter is dealt with, they came.

In terms of rank, Yang Yuanqing's current position is the same as Cui Bosu's, but he is the identity of the Qincha, and his status is different, especially the turmoil in the capital, they are all responsible, if Yang Yuanqing beheads them with Shang Fang's sword, they have nothing to say, thinking of Shang Fangjian, they are all a little uneasy in their hearts, I heard that Yang Yuanqing has just beheaded Qin Hao, the general of the right interior.

Cui Bosu smiled bitterly and said: "The lowly family is in the south of Luoshui, and the accident in the North City was only known in the second watch, and the lowly office rushed to the Qi Wangfu again, saying that the King of Qi had already arrived in the North City, so he rushed to come again, but he didn't expect it to have subsided, and he was ashamed of his humble position!" ”

Cui Bosu took a 'humble position', which made Yang Yuanqing a little embarrassed, he pointed to Lao Lin Ji and said with a smile: "Two of you, please go to the wine shop to talk." ”

He could quell the riots, but to appease the displaced people and stabilize the price of food, he had to rely on the magistrates, so Yang Yuanqing was very polite and invited them to sit down in the wine shop.

Yang Yuanqing sat down and said straight to the point: "The two envoys, forgive Yuanqing for being frank, this time the dissolution of the exile incident is not effective, and it can even be said that it is inaction, which makes the saint very annoyed, although he did not mention the two envoys for the time being, but I hope you understand in your hearts that the saint will not spare you easily." ”

Wang Shunzhi sighed, "We know in our hearts, but does the general know our white spoon difficulties?" ”

"I'd like to hear about it!"

"In fact, it is not difficult to deal with the affairs of the displaced people, the key is to appease them, give them porridge, and arrange a place for them to live, then they will not make trouble, and they must do a good job from the beginning, and they should be placed outside the city from the beginning of the tide of displaced people, so that if it is done well, there will be no Fengdu incident at all, let alone a grain rush in Beishi tonight."

Yang Yuanqing heard them very clearly, and they all got to the point, but they just didn't do anything, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Since you want to get it, why don't you do it?" ”

"The key is that Wang Xianling has no food and materials in his hands!"

Cui Bosu also let out a long sigh, "The county order has no right to open a righteous warehouse for disaster relief, it must be decided by Jingzhao Mansion, but Jingzhao Mansion must be approved by Jing Zhaoyin, Jingzhao Yin is His Royal Highness the King of Qi, we have several requests, but he has detained and refused to approve it, so the disaster relief cannot be carried out at all, watching the riots happen, but there is nothing to be done, if we are dismissed for this, we have nothing to say." ”

Yang Yuanqing guessed that this matter was the responsibility of Yang Yin, the king of Qi, but he couldn't figure it out, Yang Jin obviously knew that if he didn't deal with it effectively, he would bear the greatest responsibility, in fact, his loss was also the greatest, he lost the emperor's trust, so he lost the opportunity to win the East Palace, such a tragic consequence, why did he do it, he didn't even need him to do anything, he just delegated power to his subordinates, and his subordinates would naturally deal with it.

In this way, even if the saint is responsible, he can also pass the responsibility on to his subordinates, but he just doesn't do it, and would rather make things bigger, which makes Yang Yuanqing unable to figure it out.

But now he didn't have time to think about it, the key was that he couldn't repeat the mistakes of King Qi, so he smiled and said to Erjin: "We won't talk about the previous things, after we talk about it, as long as we deal with the future things well, I can intercede for Erjin in front of the saint, at least let the saint understand what happened, what do the two envoys think?" ”

Cui Bosu and Wang Shunzhi glanced at each other, both of them couldn't help but lift their spirits, they both knew in their hearts that the saint would not punish his son, he must use them as a backstop, if Yang Yuanqing was willing to actively rescue the disaster and solve the displaced people satisfactorily, then at least their reputation as a white spoon could be saved, and the saint could also punish them lightly.

Cui Bosu and Wang Shunzhi stood up at the same time and saluted: "We are willing to fully cooperate with the general!" ”

"You may be seated! You may be seated! ”

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and invited them to sit down, and asked, "Do you two have any suggestions for dealing with displaced people in the future?" ”

Cui Bosu pondered and said: "I think the key is food, at present, the saint means not to open official warehouses as much as possible, and let the rich people participate in the relief of the victims, the idea is very good, but it is a bit unrealistic." ”

"Why?"

"Because the will of God is to let the rich families do what they can, there is no encouragement or punishment, in fact, it is to let them voluntarily help the disaster, but in this way, the vast majority of the rich families are not willing to take out food, we visited more than 100 people, and they all said that their families are in difficulty, and they really can't get food, etc., and this plan will not be solved."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and asked, "How many of these are there, and is there a list of their white spoons in the county?" ”

Wang Shunzhi nodded hurriedly, "There is a list of them, there are about more than six thousand households!" ”

"Okay, Wang County Commander will give me the list, I will send them an invitation, and I will borrow the venue of the Guozi Prison Banquet to invite them."

Cui Bosu and Wang Shunzhi were shocked at the same time, "General, you can't use violence and coercion!" ”

Yang Yuanqing touched his chin and laughed, "Where did the two envoys go, am I, Yang Yuanqing, the kind of person who uses violence?" I will convince them to be convinced. ”

Cui Bosu entered the two but secretly thought in his heart, "If you don't enter like that, then who will be?" ’

........ Yang Yuanqing gave Zhai Rang two hours of time, Zhai Rang also knew that he would be in danger, although the law did not blame the public, but it was normal to catch him as a leader, he left Beishi in the last dial, and followed the group out of the city.

He did not dare to go to the camp area again, as soon as he left the city, he galloped along the Cao Canal, Zhai Rang did not ride a horse, in the dark night, he ran along the Cao Canal to the east.

The surroundings were quiet, no one entered, the old willow trees were shining in the moonlight, the nodules were like hideous faces, and the long willow branches were like long hair fluttering, which was particularly terrifying, but Zhai Rang didn't have the heart to look at it, he only thought about how to escape from Yang Yuanqing's control.

At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from behind, and he was startled, hiding behind a thick willow tree, the official road was not far, just dozens of steps away, under the moonlight, he saw a group of cavalry coming at a gallop, while galloping, his eyes were searching around.

This must be to catch him, Zhai Rang was secretly surprised in his heart, now only an hour has passed, has Yang Yuanqing reversed?

It is estimated that he will not be able to escape by land, his eyes fell on the Cao Canal, he faintly heard the sound of paddling, gradually, a black canopy flat-bottomed boat appeared in his field of vision, paddling into it like an old man, he observed for a while, this is just an ordinary small boat, there is nothing abnormal.

"Old man, please come here!"

The old man slowly docked the boat and said with a smile: "Did this strong man call me?" ”

"Please give me a ride, I'll give you twenty dollars!"

"I don't need your money, it doesn't hurt to bring more than ten miles of waterway, please get on the boat!"

Zhai Rang flew and jumped off the boat, and before he could stand firmly, he saw two people walking out of the cabin, looking at him with a sneer on his face, which seemed a little familiar, Zhai Rang suddenly remembered, isn't this the two people around him when Yang Yuanqing came to negotiate?

He wanted to jump into the river, but it was too late, and a huge net rushed towards his head, covering him firmly.

....... Zhai Rang's hands were tied behind his back, and his eyes were covered with black cloth, Yang Dalang and Yang Sanlang pushed him into a room, the blindfold was taken off, he subconsciously covered the light with his hands, and the bright light in front of him pierced his eyes.

Slowly he adapted to the light, it was an empty hut, there was only a small table, and behind the small table sat Yang Yuanqing, who had just negotiated with him not long ago.

"It's you!"

Zhai Rang glared at Yang Yuanqing angrily, "Is the two hours coming?" ”

"No, it's still half an hour."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and commanded Yang Dalang: "Untie his rope!" ”

Yang Dalang used a horn wrist knife to pick off the thin hemp rope that tied his wrist, Zhai Rang gently moved his wrist that was tied to blood and numbness, and looked at Yang Yuanqing coldly.

Yang Yuanqing seemed to understand his thoughts, and smiled faintly, "Do you think you will be my opponent?" ”

"But you promised me, two hours!" Zhai Rang said in a deep voice.

"I promised you that you would be safe for two hours, and I will kill you now?"

"You!"

Zhai Rang suddenly understood that he had been fooled, Yang Yuanqing only promised not to kill him within two hours, which does not mean that he would not be arrested within two hours, that is to say, in another half an hour, he could kill himself at any time, but if he wanted to kill himself, why did he loosen his bonds?

Zhai Rang was also a little confused for a while, and asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "I don't want to kill you, I just want to get to know you, invite you to have a glass of wine, make friends, maybe there will be a death in the future, you and I will reach some kind of tacit understanding because of tonight's friendship." ”

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Brother Zhai, please sit down!" ”